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In January, a trio of foreign-born Japanese residents filed suit in the Tokyo District Court against the Japanese state plus the Tokyo Metropolitan and Aichi Prefectural governments for what they claim is frequent police questioning based solely on their ethnicities, or racial profiling. So what can you do if police officers stop you on the street for questioning in Japan? The Mainichi asked Moe Miyashita, an attorney on the plaintiffs' […]

By: Emmanuel Akyereko The number of new born babies in Japan each year has hit a record low and is not expected to rise above 700,000 newborns, according to the economic think tank group of the Deloitte Tohmatsu Group. From January to October 2024, the number of newborn babies in the Island nation stood at 603,638. This figure is below 700,000 and represents the lowest ever record since the Japanese […]

Japanese Princess Aiko has been diagnosed with the seasonal influenza, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday. Aiko, 23, who is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, canceled her planned participation in an event to her grandfather celebrate the 91st birthday of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, held at his residence in Tokyo’s Minato Ward the same day. Though the Emperor and Empress showed no symptoms of the influenza, they […]